Over the past few weeks we’ve written a number of times about The Kinks here on The Daily Constitutional. And whenever we have, the response from our readers has been fantastic.
So much so that we’ve decided to include The Kinks – and their first UK number one single – in our regular Wednesday It’s A London Thing slot.
Rock’n’Roll London guide Adam pens the fanmail…
The Kinks: They’re A London Thing.
When Ray Davies penned The Kinks’ classic of sociopathic braggadocio I’m Not Like Everybody Else in 1966, he could have been summing up his band’s career to this date: Unorthodox. Peculiar. Unique.
The Kinks’ guerilla sound exploded into the nation’s consciousness with the advent of You Really Got Me – with its now famous arresting two-chord intro. This ferocious, barking guitar sound was discovered, according to legend, when lead guitarist Dave Davies slashed the cone of the speaker in his amp. Such thuggish overtones are entirely in keeping with this aural mugging masquerading as pop music…
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